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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>would be worth to include a full locate DB that
naturally doesn't include the user folder ?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>it would make it faster to find programs.. or maybe
fill up the locate DB at the first RUN, or right after the installation, as a
last step before the reboot...</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Fabry</FONT></DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=dracheflieger@gmail.com
href="mailto:dracheflieger@gmail.com">DragonFlier</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=testing@lists.pcbsd.org
href="mailto:testing@lists.pcbsd.org">PC-BSD Testing list</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, September 07, 2008 11:23
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [PC-BSD Testing] Beta 1
balky using 8GB Thumb, contention issue?</DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr>I've been strictly running off of a HD but the /dev folder will
always show heavy usage as it's more or less a set of mounts for devices on
your system. Also, some things run for the first time take a bit. I was ready
to report that Find Files and Folders didn't work but it finally popped
up...I'm sure that it was first running a <STRONG
style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">'usr/libexec/locate.updatedb'</STRONG> to
initialize the locate database but nothing ever notified the end user. Now it
opens almost immediately. Also you were using beta1. Beta2 incorporates more
recent improvements in speed and rule sets.<BR><BR>
<DIV class=gmail_quote>On Sun, Sep 7, 2008 at 3:26 PM, Peter Brewster <SPAN
dir=ltr>&lt;<A
href="mailto:peter.brewster@comcast.net">peter.brewster@comcast.net</A>&gt;</SPAN>
wrote:<BR>
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<DIV><FONT face="Lucida Sans Unicode" size=2>System is 2.8 MHz Celeron with
.75 GB RAM, no hard drive, USB 2.0.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Lucida Sans Unicode" size=2>1)&nbsp; System had been in use
with Xububtu on an 8 GB Ocz thumb.&nbsp; Very nice except an occasional one
to two second "balk" when launching a new application or scrolling in
Firefox.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Lucida Sans Unicode" size=2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Lucida Sans Unicode" size=2>2)&nbsp; Removed Ocz and
plugged in a new SanDisk thumb, fresh from package.&nbsp; Tried to install
from net.&nbsp; DHCP was OK and target FTP was correct.&nbsp;&nbsp;File
system went in OK.&nbsp; Looks like&nbsp;install died on first file
needed.&nbsp; Gave that up.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Lucida Sans Unicode" size=2>3)&nbsp; Burned a three-CD
beta-1 set.&nbsp; Installed with Firefox, Office and Development selected on
third CD.&nbsp; Install took about three hours but went OK.&nbsp; However
from the first reboot some operations took several minutes, either to launch
or to so something simple such as pull down a menu.&nbsp; But the actions
generally seemed correct if I waited long enough.&nbsp; Now and then a
launch would just get lost - including that doggone bouncing thing.&nbsp;
&nbsp; The thumb drive had about 900 MB free.&nbsp; System was basically
unusable.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Lucida Sans Unicode" size=2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Lucida Sans Unicode" size=2>4)&nbsp; Removed the SanDisk
thumb and WinXP formatted it.&nbsp; (This left the U3 partition of 65
MB.&nbsp; That's OK.)&nbsp; Reinstalled just the two CDs.&nbsp; Took about
two-plus hours.&nbsp; Now KDisk Free shows /dev/da0s1a as 76% used with 1.8
GB free.&nbsp;&nbsp; /dev/md0 is 8% used with 700 MB free.&nbsp; This looks
OK to me.&nbsp; However there is no apparent change in the balky
behavior.&nbsp; I notice that often, while waiting seconds to minutes for
some function to appear, clicking on something else will cause the first
item to happen.&nbsp; I've seen this behavior when installing very fast
disks on systems that worked well with slower disks - usually resolved by
paying attention to relative priorities.&nbsp; So system is still not
usable.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Lucida Sans Unicode" size=2>Kris - KDisk also shows a
line&nbsp;entry "devfs&nbsp;&nbsp; ?&nbsp; 1 KB&nbsp;&nbsp; 100% used&nbsp;
0 free"&nbsp;and the thermometer is filled with red.&nbsp; No slashes around
devfs.&nbsp; I have no idea what that is about and don't know if it is a
concern.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Lucida Sans Unicode" size=2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Lucida Sans Unicode" size=2>Peter Brewster</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Lucida Sans Unicode" size=2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Lucida Sans Unicode"
size=2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV></DIV><BR><BR>No virus found in this outgoing
message.<BR>Checked by AVG - <A href="http://www.avg.com"
target=_blank>http://www.avg.com</A><BR>Version: 8.0.169 / Virus Database:
270.6.17/1657 - Release Date: 9/6/2008 8:07
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